Chapter 146
"Yes, don't be afraid. The person has been taken away by the police. We didn't tell him that Shen Wen works here, so he can't be sure that you are here. Besides, he was taken away by the police. I asked him to come again on Monday and bring written materials that can prove the relationship between husband and wife. When he comes on Monday, unless he brings a marriage certificate or household registration book, I can continue to drive him out. He has a job and it is impossible for him to run to the city all the time. At most, he will come here to make trouble for three more days, and then he will have to go back to work obediently. Moreover, if he comes to make trouble again, we will still let the police take him away. When the time comes, let the police teach him a lesson there, and I believe he will not dare to come again. So, you can rest assured, just stay in the factory and don't go out. Just endure this period of time." Chai Qiaoying said.
Shen Wen still kept her head down and did not react. Her soul seemed to have left her body and she looked deeply sad.
Cheng Shuangmin said, "Secretary Shen, don't worry, I will tell the security department and make sure no one will come in and find you, whether it's the front door or the back door. The security department of our factory is very trustworthy."
Shen Wen still didn't move. Xia Qingtang was a little worried about her, so she walked over to her and said, "Secretary Shen? Are you okay? If you feel uncomfortable, do you want to go to the hospital?"
Chai Qiaoying also walked over and whispered softly in front of her: "Xiao Shen, are you feeling better?"
Shen Wen suddenly raised his head and looked at the three people who came in with his eyes that were swollen like walnuts, then he stood up gently and suddenly bowed.
"Thank you, Director, thank you, Deputy Director, and thank you, Xiao Xia. Thank you all... I really don't know what to say. I was recruited here, but I don't have much ability. I always hold Xiao Xia back at work, but Xiao Xia has never looked down on me. She has always encouraged and helped me. The director is the same. He always tells me not to worry, to learn slowly, and that I will always be able to learn. A useless person like me... How can you deserve to help me like this? Everyone is so busy at work, and you still have to waste time on my affairs. I... I deserve to die for causing you all this trouble..." Shen Wen's voice became lower and lower, and she couldn't go on.
Chai Qiaoying said, "Xiao Shen, don't say such things. I know you are a capable person. You have experienced such tragic things, but you have never given up studying your major. Until now, you can still understand so many original English works. Just for this reason, you are a person worthy of admiration. You just haven't worked in such a place. You are not familiar with these work matters, and you don't know how to communicate with leaders and colleagues. But since you can learn foreign languages so well, you can learn these chores even better. We help you because you deserve help. Xiao Xia told me that this week, you can help with the translation. When she couldn't say it or said it wrong, you helped her to make up for it, right?"
"This... is nothing... I'm still far from it..." Shen Wen's originally confused and gloomy eyes suddenly had a hint of light.
"It's okay. You've just started as a clerk, but you've made great progress. In another half a month, I think you'll be able to take over this job. When Assistant Yan recruited you, he told me that he would give you time to learn slowly. No one is born knowing how to do so many things. You're making progress little by little now, and I'm really happy." Chai Qiaoying said, "As for what happened today, don't take it to heart. It took you so much courage to escape from home. You've finally made it this far, and our factory is willing to provide you with protection. Just work here and don't worry about anything else. If Comrade Wu finds someone from the county to threaten you, or if he can really get some proof that you two are husband and wife. Then as your leader, I support you in divorcing him. You have a job and a place to live now, so you don't have to worry about anything, understand?"
"I...I understand...Thank you, Director. I am so grateful..." Shen Wen started crying again, but this time, she was not crying out of sadness, but because she was touched. She wiped the tears from her eyes and said seriously, "I will study hard, work hard, and strive to be independent as soon as possible. I will never go back. I have escaped from that place, and I will never go back again!"
"You can definitely do it!" Chai Qiaoying patted Shen Wen's shoulder vigorously, "Okay, go wash your face, and then we'll go home together, okay?"
"Okay, I'll go wash my face now." With that, Shen Wen ran out.
Cheng Shuangmin said: "I'm afraid this matter of Director Shen is not easy to resolve."
"I know it's definitely not easy to solve. She has two children. I'm afraid the man will use despicable means to bring the children here and make them cry. Sometimes, when women see children crying for their mothers, their hearts soften." Chai Qiaoying said: "We can only do what we can do. As for the rest, it depends on Xiao Shen herself."
Xia Qingtang said, "I don't think Secretary Shen will go back. She must have wanted to escape for many years. Once a person takes this step, there will be no turning back. Besides, her current salary is not low. Even if she really has to raise the child alone, she can still survive. If it really doesn't work, she can just snatch the child away. But that man will definitely not let the child go, so in the end Secretary Shen will still live here alone, but this is good, she will get a new life. She is actually a very strong-willed person, but she has suffered too much in the past, so she was crushed, but she has come this far, she will only move forward and will never look back."
Cheng Shuangmin was stunned by these words. He looked at Xia Qingtang and suddenly said, "Xiao Xia, I am quite surprised that you said such a thing."
"Surprised? Why?" Xia Qingtang smiled as he packed his backpack.
"Because you are still so young, you probably haven't experienced any painful things, and you married into a good family, so it doesn't seem to suit you to say this." Cheng Shuangmin said, "I don't mean anything else, I just find it surprising that you seem to be more profound than you look."
"I can't say it's profound, but I've also suffered, but it's all in the past, so I'm too lazy to talk about it. Besides, even if I haven't suffered, I've seen my elders and relatives go through it, and even if I can't empathize with them, I can still feel it. In this world, who dares to say that they haven't suffered?"
Cheng Shuangmin nodded: "That makes sense."
Chai Qiaoying smiled and said, "Xiao Xia is such a good kid."
She is in her forties and can be considered Xia Qingtang's elder, so in this office, she actually prefers the young man Xia Qingtang.
Xia Qingtang smiled sweetly at her: "Thank you Director Chai for the compliment. I will work hard and strive to do better."
Chai Qiaoying said: "You really have to work hard. Our factory may have some changes in the future, and you will be put to great use when the time comes."
Xia Qingtang was stunned, and suddenly thought of what Xie Jinxuan had said before about "setting up a trade union". She asked, "Director Chai, am I not very useful now? I am already very busy every day."
"You are just busy now, and you are not of much use yet. As for this matter, it is still uncertain, so I can't say anything for the time being. Anyway, you should work hard." Chai Qiaoying said, looked at her watch, and said, "I will go in and pack my things, and we will go together."
After Shen Wen came back and packed his bag, they turned off the lights, locked the door, and went downstairs together.
When they got downstairs, Chai Qiaoying patted Shen Wen's shoulder again and said, "Go back to the dormitory, take a shower, and have a good sleep. As long as you can eat and sleep, there is nothing you can't overcome."
"Yes, I understand." Shen Wen nodded vigorously.
She looked much better than before. Although her eyes were still swollen, her gaze had regained its brightness. She was the Shen Wen that everyone was familiar with.
Although she was still a little timid, it was obvious that she was hopeful.
Xia Qingtang also said: "Secretary Shen, if you have any problem, you can just tell me, I might be able to help."
"Yes, if you need us for anything, please don't hesitate to ask, I can help you." Cheng Shuangmin also said.
Shen Wen smiled and said, "Thank you everyone, I really need your help."
Xia Qingtang said: "You say."
"Secretary Xia, when you come over next Monday, could you please bring me some toilet paper? I was planning to go out and buy some tomorrow when I have a day off, but now I don't dare to go out, so I can only ask you to buy it for me." Shen Wen said.
"Okay, no problem. How many packs do you want to buy?"
"Just buy two packs. More will be sent out later. This will definitely be enough."
The factory distributes toilet paper to female comrades every month, but generally it is not enough, so they need to buy some themselves.
Xia Qingtang said, "Okay, I'll bring you some toilet paper on Monday morning. Will you have enough for tomorrow? If not, I still have a lot in my desk. You can use it first."
"It's enough for tomorrow. Thank you for being so thoughtful." Shen Wen said.
"We are all lesbians, how can we not think of this matter carefully?" Xia Qingtang said with a smile: "You should go back to the dormitory and have a good sleep. You will feel much better tomorrow."
"Okay, then I'll go this way. Thank you." Shen Wen bowed deeply again, then turned and left.
Chai Qiaoying said: "Let's go to the motorcade too."
"Director Chai, the car is here, but the driver may not be here." Cheng Shuangmin said, "At this time, he should have gone home from get off work a long time ago."
"Xiao Huang lives in the factory dormitory. He usually doesn't leave the team so early after work. He will play with others there for a while." Chai Qiaoying said with a smile: "Come with me, it won't go wrong."
The two followed Chai Qiaoying to the motorcade. Sure enough, they heard voices coming from the garage and could smell smoke. It sounded like they were playing cards.
Chai Qiaoying was a very considerate person. She did not go in, but stood outside in the open space and shouted, "Is Xiao Huang here? I am Chai Qiaoying. Can you drive us home?"
The garage suddenly became quiet, and then a gentle-looking young man ran out in a panic.
He wiped his hands on his pants nervously, then quickly said, "Director Chai, are you working overtime today?"
"Yes, we have to work overtime and the shuttle bus has left long ago, so we can only ask you to take us home. Thank you for your hard work again." Chai Qiaoying said with a smile.
"It's okay. How can this be considered hard work? This is overtime work. There will be overtime pay. I can earn a little more money. I am so happy." Xiao Huang said, "Then you guys wait outside. I will go in and drive the car out."
"good."
Xia Qingtang had never worked overtime before, so it was her first time to take the factory car home. However, she also knew that if the office clerks missed the bus because of overtime work, they could take a spare car to take them home. The factory would pay for the fuel coupons and give the driver an extra overtime pay.
Therefore, everyone is not opposed to overtime work, and drivers will be happy if they encounter it.
Playing cards is just a way to kill time anyway, so you might as well drive out and earn a few cents.
The car drove out quickly. It was a black sedan. The body of the car was scrubbed clean and looked spotless.
When the car stopped beside them, Xia Qingtang opened the back door and said with a smile, "Director Chai and Deputy Director Cheng, please get in the car."
Chai Qiaoying smiled and said: "She can even open the car door for the leader. She is so smart."
"It's a rare opportunity, so let me show off my skills." Xia Qingtang waited until the two of them sat in the back seat of the car, then closed the door and sat in the passenger seat himself.
Xiao Huang said, "Are you all seated? I know where Director Chai and Deputy Director Cheng live. Where do you live, Secretary Xia? Let me see how to get there."
"I live in the provincial party committee compound on Zhongxin Road," said Xia Qingtang.
Xiao Huang was stunned for a moment and said, "Secretary Xia's family is from the provincial party committee?"
"My wife used to work at the provincial party committee."
"You're not here now? Oh, I see. Did you go downstairs to exercise?" Xiao Huang said casually.
"No, he went to college and took four years off."
"That's amazing." Xiao Huang said with a smile, "Secretary Xia is indeed not an ordinary person. All right, let's go. Let's send Director Chai off first, and Secretary Xia off last, is that ok?"
Cheng Shuangmin said, "I'll go last. I'll send Xiao Xia off first. She's a lesbian, so let her go home earlier. It's okay if I go back last."
Xia Qingtang said: "That's not good. You are the leader, you should lead the way back first."
Besides, she was not in a hurry. After all, it didn’t matter whether their family cooked dinner or not. She could eat in the cafeteria if she got home late.
"Let Xiaocheng be the last one. You are a lesbian, so it's better for you to go home early. Just listen to me." Chai Qiaoying made the final decision.
"Okay, let's go." Xiao Huang started the car and drove out in one breath.
Although Xiao Huang is not old, he is a recent soldier. When he was in the army, he was a driver. Because he is very skilled, he can sit very steadily in the car.
Because the car was driving at a steady speed, Chai Qiaoying began to slowly chat with Cheng Shuangmin about family matters and asked about the situation of his children.
Xia Qingtang had no idea about Cheng Shuangmin's family situation before. It was only after listening to their conversation today that she learned that Cheng Shuangmin was married in the countryside and already had a son and a daughter.
There are many educated youth like him who marry local people in the countryside. After all, as they are getting older, they don’t know how many more years they will have to stay in the countryside, and eventually they can only find someone they like in the local area.
Of course, many people got married in the countryside, but they only had a wedding ceremony and did not register, so there was no legal marriage relationship at all. In the past two years, educated youth have flocked back to the city, and many of them actually abandoned their wives and children.
After returning to the city, he said that he was not married and that he would find a wife in the city once he got a job.
It would take two or three years for the country wife to realize that something was wrong because the man in the city stopped writing to her and had no news from her.
But some people don’t even know where the other person lives in the city, nor do they know where they work, so even if they come to the city, they can’t find that person.
Some people have gone through great pains to find someone, but the other party has already registered for marriage in the city, and that is the marriage certificate. In this way, they have become a legal couple, and she has become an outsider.
In the end, there was no choice but to go to the leader and the parents. After much fuss, the man still had to stay in the city, but he only promised to send money back home every month for the woman to raise the child.
In his previous life, Xia Qingtang had seen many tragedies like this, and he also knew that it was quite good for someone like Cheng Shuangmin to marry a wife in the countryside but not abandon her.
"The eldest child asked his mother to write to me, asking me when she could come to the city to see me. I said I would bring them over after the Chinese New Year next year." Cheng Shuangmin said, "It just so happens that my eldest child will be seven years old next year, and he will be in primary school when he comes to the city. It's a coincidence."
"Didn't I miss you?" Chai Qiaoying asked.
"My wife said in the letter that the little one would also look for her father, but she is young and playful, so she will forget about it as long as you take her out to play for a while." Cheng Shuangmin laughed.
"That's true for a three-year-old, but you haven't seen each other for a long time, so let's not talk about the children. You must miss them a lot, right?"
"Of course I thought about it, but there's nothing I can do. The family quarters haven't been built yet, and there's really no place for my parents to live. I have many brothers and sisters, and now that I'm back I still live in a shed that leaks when it rains. How can I possibly bring them over? Besides, my mom has a bad temper, and if my husband comes over, he'll be bullied. So I'd better be patient. It'll only take half a year, and then I can bring them over and reunite as a family." Cheng Shuangmin said, "I'm lucky to be able to find a job here, and to be allocated a house that's big enough for my family to live in."
"When they come, you will be the only one supporting the family, which will be very stressful." Chai Qiaoying said, "Will there not be enough food?"
Although Cheng Shuangmin is now a small leader and the salary at the new electrical appliance factory is higher than elsewhere, he has to support a family by himself, and food alone is a big problem.
"My father-in-law and my eldest brother-in-law have contracted a lot of land in the village. They have been responsible for their own profits and losses since this year, but the rain is good this year, so the harvest should be good. My father-in-law said that if there is not enough food, he will subsidize us. After all, he knows that it is difficult to find a job for my wife in the city, but for the reunion of our family, he is willing to work harder."
"You really found a good in-law family." Chai Qiaoying sighed.
Cheng Shuangmin nodded and said, "Yes, my father-in-law and mother-in-law are all very kind. What touched me about my wife at the beginning was her kind heart. We have been together for so many years and have always had a good relationship, so I must bring her to live with me. Even if life becomes a little tight in the future, being a family together is better than anything else."
Xia Qingtang was very moved when she heard this: "Deputy Director Cheng, you said it very well. Being together as a family is the most important thing. You will definitely have a harmonious and happy family in the future."
"Xiao Xia is a kid who knows how to praise people." Chai Qiaoying said with a smile, "You don't know that Xiao Cheng actually has a wife and children, right? I heard Xiao Wang asking about it the other day, but Xiao Cheng didn't answer."
Cheng Shuangmin said: "These are all unrelated to work, so I am too lazy to mention them. Anyway, we will know about it after we move into the family quarters. I heard from Xiao Li and Xiao Wang that they will both apply for housing."
"Hey, Xiaoxia, once the family quarters are built, do you plan to move in?" Chai Qiaoying asked.
Xia Qingtang said: "I won't live here. To be honest, the house my wife and I live in now is relatively large. If we live in the factory's family quarters, I'm afraid it won't be that comfortable."
The two people in the back seat laughed. The driver, Xiao Huang, asked curiously, "Secretary Xia, is the house you live in now very big? How big is it?"
"There are three rooms, a living room, a kitchen, a toilet, and a small yard outside." Xia Qingtang said, "If I were in a factory, I would have to work for many years to get a house like this."
"Wow, you live in such a big house. Is it the house allocated to you by your parents-in-law?" Xiao Huang said.
"Yes, it was allocated to my parents-in-law and given to us to live in," said Xia Qingtang.
Chai Qiaoying asked: "So, your little courtyard is just for you and your lover?"
"Yes, there are only two of us living here, so I don't want to move out."
Everyone laughed together, and Cheng Shuangmin said, "This is really enviable. The house I was allocated later was not this big."
He is the deputy director of the office. According to his rank, he will be allocated a two-bedroom, one-living-room apartment, which is actually large enough for their family of four. However, they will have to find a way to separate out another room when their children grow up.
Xia Qingtang said: "Yes, so I am very grateful to my lover. I can live a good life relying on him."
Chai Qiaoying said: "You are so good-looking, your lover should be grateful that you are willing to marry him. I guess that since you were a teenager, the threshold of your home has been trampled by matchmakers, right?"
"It was indeed trampled on, but there were no good people who came to propose marriage, so I am very grateful to have met my love."
"Xiao Xia is great. You are young but you know how to be grateful." Chai Qiaoying said, "You are indeed extraordinary. You are hardworking, motivated, smart, and have a good heart. I think your future development will definitely surpass mine."
"Yes, I think Xiao Xia will be as good as Assistant Yan in the future." Cheng Shuangmin said, "I have always felt this way."
Xia Qingtang was stunned: "How is it possible? Assistant Yan is so capable, how can I be as good as him? Besides, I don't have such big ideas. I just want to work hard and complete my job, so as not to leave any regrets in my young life."
We chatted all the way and soon arrived at Chai Qiaoying's residence. After she got off the car, it drove towards Central Road.
Cheng Shuangmin probably opened up and briefly talked about his marriage in the countryside. This was the first time Xia Qingtang talked to him about private matters. She didn't expect that he was actually a talkative person, but he just didn't like to talk in the office.
"I was not that old at that time, and my family always told me not to rush to find a partner in the countryside. Even if I wanted to find one, I should find an educated youth who went to other places. But I just fell in love with my wife at that time. When she smiled, her eyes were curved like two beautiful crescents, and she had dimples on her face. Every time I saw her, I couldn't help but smile."
"Did you tell your lover that first?" Xia Qingtang was quite interested.
"No, she was the one who approached me first. She said she had been eyeing me for more than a year, and she noticed that I kept looking at her but didn't talk to her, so she got anxious and took the initiative to find me, wanting to date me. She also said that she wouldn't tell anyone in the village, and that we could date secretly so that I wouldn't have to worry. Why should I date secretly? She's such a nice person, and she's willing to date me, which is my blessing. One should not be ungrateful, so I dated her, and soon went to meet her parents and explained the matter. After that, the villagers tacitly accepted that I was their son-in-law. When I had a holiday during the Chinese New Year, I hitchhiked back home on a train and told my mother about this. I was almost scolded to death by my mother. But I'm a person who is more I was quite stubborn, and none of them could control me. I would do what I decided to do. Besides, at that time, all I needed to get married was a certificate from the commune, so I borrowed some money from my grandfather and grandfather-in-law respectively, and then returned to the commune, gave 30 yuan to my father-in-law, and the marriage was settled. Seeing that she couldn't stop me, my mother wrote me a letter and sent me a telegram, asking me not to register, but just have a wedding banquet, so that I could find someone new when I came back. But am I that kind of person? The day after we had the wedding banquet, we went to the commune to register. At that time, few people would register, and everyone thought it was novel. Because we went to register, it started a trend in the commune, and young people would register when they got married."
Xia Qingtang listened with great interest. She said, "But in this way, you have offended a lot of people, right?"
Cheng Shuangmin is an upright person. He wants to do things according to his conscience, but once the news of registration spreads, other educated youth who want to get married in the countryside will have to register.
Because if you don't register, the villagers will see that this person is hiding something.
Therefore, by doing this, Cheng Shuangmin will definitely offend many people.
"Yes, I did offend a lot of people at that time. Several male educated youth were forced to cancel their engagements because of the registration issue. But can I be blamed for this? It was clearly their own fault." Cheng Shuangmin said: "We should be true to our conscience in everything we do."
"Then they are targeting you everywhere. It must be hard for you, right?"
"No, I got married at that time and moved out of the educated youth center. I lived with my father-in-law. His family was a big family in the village. Those educated youths only dared to play some small tricks. No one dared to talk to me face to face."
"Your Yue family is so nice."
"Yes, they are much better than my own parents. After I returned to the city, they regularly sent me dried vegetables and mountain products. When I returned to the city, my father-in-law returned the thirty yuan I had given him that year, saying that expenses in the city were high and asked me to take the money with me. I was very touched at the time."
As they were happily chatting, the car had already arrived at the gate of the compound. Xiao Huang said, "We're here. You guys have to chat another day."
Cheng Shuangmin smiled and said, "Today I have opened up a lot of conversation. Xiaoxia, thank you for listening to me talk so much."
"I'm so happy to hear that, Deputy Director. Your past is as exciting as a story. Please tell me about it next time you have the chance." Xia Qingtang said sincerely.
"Sure. Next time you have a chance, tell me your story. I just realized today that you are not an ordinary person."
"Okay, let's continue our chat next time, and I'll tell you too. I'll get off the car first. Goodbye, Deputy Director, and Master Huang." Xia Qingtang got out of the car, watched it drive away, then turned and walked towards the gate.
The guy at the door smiled and said, "Comrade Xia, why are you riding in such a fancy little car today?"
"I'm working overtime today. This is our factory's customary overtime work. I'll be sent home by a small car."
"Is that so good? How do you calculate the fuel coupons?"
"It's from the factory." Xia Qingtang said as he walked home.
When they arrived at the small courtyard, Xie Jinxuan was standing in the corridor washing clothes. Xia Qingtang opened the door and walked in. He turned around when he heard the noise and asked, "Why are you so late today?"
"Something happened..." Xia Qingtang briefly talked about Shen Wen and Wu Dayou, "so we came back late. Fortunately, the factory sent us back in a small car."
"This is necessary. Your factory is so remote and there are no bicycles, so we can only ask the factory's small car to deliver it." Xie Jinxuan said: "Then the man will come back next week, right?"
"Yes, but our factory's security department is very responsible, so it should be fine."
The next morning, Xia Qingtang went to Xu Zhenhua for class as usual. After class, he went to buy toilet paper and took it to the factory when he went to work on Monday morning.
She was the last one to enter the office today, so she did not give the toilet paper to Shen Wen immediately. Instead, she waited until the lunch break to give her the two packs of toilet paper.
Shen Wen thanked him, handed the banknotes he had prepared long ago to Xia Qingtang, and whispered, "Thank you."
"You're welcome. If you want to buy something next time, you can tell me and I'll bring it to you. You live here, so other things are quite convenient, but you won't be able to find a place to buy vanishing cream or something like that. I live in the city center, so I can just walk there to buy these things. It's very fast."
"Okay, next time I want to buy some vanishing cream, I'll tell you in advance." Shen Wen smiled.
Her eyes were much steadier today, and there was a firm look on her face, as if she was ready.
After lunch break, they went to a small conference room in the afternoon to hold a small group meeting, which was called by Director Pete.
After the meeting, Director Pete took a bus to the city, and they returned to the office to continue working.
A few minutes later, the security guard came running over, knocked on Chai Qiaoying's office door, and said that the man was there again.
Chai Qiaoying understood what he meant, and immediately came out and said, "Xiaocheng, Xiaoxia, both of you come with me."
"Yes." Xia Qingtang packed up his things, locked the drawer, and followed Chai Qiaoying out.
This time, they went to the reception room first, and after making tea, Wu Dayou was brought in.
With him came a little boy of about seven or eight years old. The child was not tall, but had nice facial features and a pair of big eyes. It was obvious that he was Shen Wen's son.
However, his eyes were even duller than Shen Wen's. Although he was already seven or eight years old, when he saw people he would just stare at them stupidly, and his other reactions were very slow.
Chai Qiaoying and Cheng Shuangmin looked at each other and knew that Wu Dayou must have come prepared. Cheng Shuangmin went out for a while and notified the security department to call the police.
"Leader, hello, I'm here again. I still want to see my wife. You see, my child is so young, he misses his mother very much. He hasn't seen his mother for many days, and the child cries at home all day long. Leader, you also have children, you must understand this feeling, right?" Wu Dayou said with a smile.
His attitude today was completely different from last time, and he even learned to smile apologetically.
Chai Qiaoying said: "Hello, Comrade Wu, have you brought the certificate I mentioned earlier?"
"Hey, I asked my unit, and they said it can't be opened. I don't know why, and the supply and marketing cooperative won't let me open it either, so I have no choice but to bring the child here. I don't know what is proved and what is not, but as long as you have seen my wife in person, you should be able to see that this child looks exactly like my wife! These are biological mother and son. As long as you call her out, this child can prove that Shen Wen is my wife!" Wu Dayou said confidently.
Xia Qingtang quickly looked at Chai Qiaoying, wanting to know how she would respond.
Chai Qiaoying also smiled gently. She said, "I have already reported this matter to the senior leader. The senior leader means that there must be written proof. So, it's really not that I won't give you convenience, but it's difficult for me to do it. If you don't believe it, you can ask our young comrade. Ask her, did the senior leader repeatedly order us to follow the rules and regulations in all our actions today?"
Seeing Wu Dayou looking at him, Xia Qingtang quickly said, "Yes, that's what the leader said today. Our factory is different from other factories. We all have to follow the rules and regulations."
"That's fine. I don't have proof. You don't let me see my wife because of your rules and regulations. But what about the child? The child misses his mother. You have to let the child see his mother! No matter how powerful your factory is, you can't stop the mother and child from seeing each other, right?" Wu Dayou said as he pulled the child's arm, "Second brother, hurry up and say you want to see your mother!"
The child looked at Chai Qiaoying stupidly and didn't dare to speak.
Wu Dayou pinched the child's arm hard, and the child burst into tears.
"Do you still want to see your mother?"
The child was still young, and he started to cry for his mother: "I want my mother! Auntie, I want my mother! I want my mother!"
Xia Qingtang felt a little helpless. She looked at Chai Qiaoying and found that her expression seemed very embarrassed.
Xia Qingtang herself has never been a mother, so she can hardly understand such feelings, but Chai Qiaoying is a mother of two children, so she naturally feels sad when she sees such a scene.
Wu Dayou said: "Leader, my child is so pitiful. His mother ran away when he was so young. He can't live without his mother! Leader, let my child see his mother!"
"There is no worker named Shen Wen in our factory." Chai Qiaoying said suddenly.
Wu Dayou was stunned for a moment: "What did you say? No?"
"Yes, we looked through the employee roster. Among the hundreds of people, there is not a single worker named Shen Wen."
Xia Qingtang silently gave Chai Qiaoying a thumbs up in his heart. What she said was indeed correct, because there was really no worker named Shen Wen in their factory. The Shen Wen in their factory was a clerk.
Sure enough, this move really scared Wu Dayou.
"That's impossible! I have reliable information. She came to work in your factory! I also asked around. This year, your factory hired a lot of workers! If she's not in your factory, where else could she be?" Wu Dayou didn't believe it. "How do I know if you're lying to me? You asked me to look for her in the workshop!"
"This is impossible. Our workshop is full of sophisticated instruments. Even our staff cannot enter casually. How can an outsider like you enter casually? Besides, you want to enter our workshop. Do you want to steal some secrets?" Chai Qiaoying suddenly frowned.
Everyone came from that era, and when these words were spoken, Wu Dayou was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.
"Leader, please stop talking nonsense! I am a decent person. I am here just to find my wife! I have my child with me. What bad things can I do? I just want to find Shen Wen! Someone told me for sure that she came to work in a factory in the provincial capital. But this year, only your factory is recruiting workers!"
Xia Qingtang said, "You don't know, do you? Other factories are also hiring workers. Because some workers left, they hired new workers to fill the gap. When was your wife hired away?"
"When? Just last month!"
"That's not right. The last batch of workers we recruited came in May. We haven't recruited any more workers since then." Xia Qingtang said, "If you don't believe me, you can go and read the newspaper. Our factory's recruitment information is all in the newspaper. You can go to the library and check the newspaper in May and you will know clearly. We didn't lie to you."
What she told Chai Qiaoying was all the truth, so even if Wu Dayou wanted to cause trouble later, he wouldn't be able to find any loopholes.
Wu Dayou was panicking. He grabbed the child's arm and looked helpless: "What should I do? Are there any factories hiring? Where should I go to find one?"
"Almost every factory is recruiting. If you ask them one by one, you should be able to find a job," said Xia Qingtang.
Chai Qiaoying also nodded and said, "Yes, you can go to each factory and ask. If the person you are talking about is really working in the provincial capital, you will find him sooner or later."
"How can I do this? I still have to go to work. How can I waste so much time in the provincial capital? I don't know how much the round trip ticket cost! You city people, you talk so lightly!" Wu Dayou was angry.
Chai Qiaoying said: "Comrade, you are not right, right? We are telling you this for your own good. Since you don't appreciate it, please leave. We still have work to do! Don't delay us from work!"
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